Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Every one of us.
Whenever I see us I see U.S.
United states
United souls
All of us or none of us.
That is how the world is showing us now it must be.
Every single one of us here on this page and so many millions more.
There is no place left for the concept of only some
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
I recently took a magazine quiz about our basic needs and realized from doing it that beside the necessity for sleep, shelter, laughter, the sounds of children at play, movement, bubble baths, delicious kisses and fabulous food that I absolutely cannot and will not live without; (i added those into the quiz); for
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
All of them! The ones we see in our lives today and the ones that may seem long gone but never really leave us. From our “better half” to our best friend to our children, pets and favorite comedies. To our comfiest shoes that protect us from the ground to the high
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Hooray for questions! Where would be without them? And where are we really until the day comes back to us (if we are lucky) when we are comforted by having more questions than answers? Like we did when we are young children filled with curiosity. And all the “whys? “What’s that?” “And,
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Well…the letter “p” will only ever stand first for one word in my life and heart and philosophy is it. i am so deeply grateful. First, for that moment in time in l994, the rainy Christmas day (no less), when what began for me as a tearful hike up a mountain path,
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Hooray for options. Do I turn right or left? When i see the fork in the road should i just take it? Try both directions to see which way i prefer? Do I wear the stilettos or my ballet slippers? Press one or two when the automated phone recording lets me know the options
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Hooray for “No.” Not often as popular a word to say as “yes” and my philosophy is still to say “yes” to life and living in action with friends and requests as much as possible. But “no,” my friends, needs to be “no.”
Remember “just say no?” Well come to find out for
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
Never has there seemed to me to be more of a global cry for “mama” in a world where the definition that we have given to the word “mother” is way too narrow. I know of no woman who does not have the instincts of a mother bear. I have
Unpublished Work © 2011 Cristina Carlino
What would Life be without it? And if you happen to be out there looking for love, here’s the newsflash. The love you are looking for is love itself. For too long we have sung our love songs mostly about the love of a significant other. The great new melody begins the day we can